15215 IUPAC Gold Book - multilayer tablet 10.1351/goldbook.15215 15215 current 1 Consists of several different layers that are compressed on top of each other, to form a single tablet composed of two or more layers. Mainly used for incompatible substances and for sustained release. sustained release https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15239 tablet https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15241 PAC, 2009, 81, 971. 'Glossary of terms related to pharmaceutics (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 992 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-04-10-14) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15215/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15215/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/15215/plain Citation: 'multilayer tablet' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.15215 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-05-13T19:31:18+00:00